Interface between personal computer and telex communication system

Claim 1

An intelligent interface for connecting a personal computer or the like to a communication line in order to transform it into a telex transceiver, said personal or similar computer including an input and output port through which it is possible to receive and/or transmit texts in the accepted characters format, according to a conventional telex norm, and/or receive and/or transmit messages to or from the interface, and a medium of visualization of the text received and to be transmitted, said intelligent interface comprising: a call detector means connected to the communication line; a connecting means in circuit with said line having control means for opening and closing the interface to an input signal to the said call detector means from said communication line; a Baudot signal receiver means having a data input connected to the communication line through said connecting means; a character analyzer means connected to an output of said Baudot signal receiver means that includes command and text detector means; a received texts memory means connected to the output of said Baudot signal receiver means through said character analyzer means and an output connectable to an input of the medium of visualization of the text received, a line exciter means having an output connected to said communication line; Baudot signal transmitter means connected to an input of said exciter means; emerging texts memory means connected to an input of said Baudot signal transmitter means; a parallel to serial converter means which has an output connected to said emerging texts memory means, and an input connected to said input and output port; an answerback memory means connected between said character analyzer means and said Baudot signal transmitter means; an addressees' telex numbers memory means connected to said input and output port; and a dial connected between said addressees' telex numbers memory means, and said line exciter means.